My NTS
Live now
1
05:00 - 06:00

Visual artist and founder and editor-in-chief of The Editorial Magazine Claire Milbrath joins us for an hour of ambient, classical, and italian library music.

2
Berlin
05:00 - 07:00

Amila, the founder of Altered Soul Experiment brings monthly transmissions of soul, boogie, disco and his Search For Peace series, covering soothing and cerebral ambient jazz and fourth world selections.

The Electric Chairs

The Electric Chairs

The Electric Chairs has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 21 December 2016. The Electric Chairs's music has been featured on 15 episodes.

Wayne County & the Electric Chairs were part of the original first wave of punk bands from the 1970s NYC scene. The band is headed by Georgia-born transsexual who named herself Wayne County after the Michigan county the proto-punk act MC5 hailed from, only to later change her name to Jayne County.

Wayne County had originally begun performing in New York, who along with a band called "The Backstreet Boys" were managed by the manager of the trailblazing Punk club Max's Kansas City. A well known, long running feud occurred in the NYC scene between County and The Dictators when after being heckled, she retaliated physically with a microphone stand.

After little success, she moved to London, recruiting a new set of musicians to form "The Electric Chairs", which included guitarist Greg Van Cook, bassist Val Haller, and JJ Johnson on drums. Her act is consistently known for campy and foul-mouthed ballads, basic punk rock, and image which was heavily influenced by the Theatre of the Ridiculous.

None of County's albums were ever released in her native country of United States, except for three songs on the 1976 punk compilation, Max's Kansas City.

read more

The Electric Chairs

The Electric Chairs has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 21 December 2016. The Electric Chairs's music has been featured on 15 episodes.

Wayne County & the Electric Chairs were part of the original first wave of punk bands from the 1970s NYC scene. The band is headed by Georgia-born transsexual who named herself Wayne County after the Michigan county the proto-punk act MC5 hailed from, only to later change her name to Jayne County.

Wayne County had originally begun performing in New York, who along with a band called "The Backstreet Boys" were managed by the manager of the trailblazing Punk club Max's Kansas City. A well known, long running feud occurred in the NYC scene between County and The Dictators when after being heckled, she retaliated physically with a microphone stand.

After little success, she moved to London, recruiting a new set of musicians to form "The Electric Chairs", which included guitarist Greg Van Cook, bassist Val Haller, and JJ Johnson on drums. Her act is consistently known for campy and foul-mouthed ballads, basic punk rock, and image which was heavily influenced by the Theatre of the Ridiculous.

None of County's albums were ever released in her native country of United States, except for three songs on the 1976 punk compilation, Max's Kansas City.

Original source Last.fm

Tracks featured on

Most played tracks

So Many Ways
Electric Chairs
Safari Records1979
The Last Time
The Electric Chairs
Illegal Records1977
Stuck On You
The Electric Chairs
Illegal Records1977
Toilet Love
Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
Safari Records1982
Think Straight
Wayne County And The Electric Chairs (Doug Bennett mix)
Crystal1979
Night Time
Wayne County And The Electric Chairs
RPM Records2011